Is it acceptable to do a separate ab routine?

[speedy5323]

I am currently cutting, and am already accustomed to working abs 3 days a week. I'm trying to especially get the abs popping for summer, and feel they require a little more than a weighted ab crunch. At the very least I feel as if I need to isolate obliques, upper and lower abs. I am currently using a periodization program for abs and have been seeing remarkable results. My question is as to whether it ok to do a separte ab routine at the end of the workout, or would it be equally beneficial to apply hst principles to excercises such as hanging leg raises, and oblique work. Thanks.

 

[Old and Grey]

No problem Speedy. Many of us do separate ab routines. I do one designed for core strength to fortify my lower back.

 

[speedy5323]

I've actually just started including some lower back work in mine as well. One thing that I have realized in the past few months, is how effective hanging leg raises are for me. I'm an advodcate of switching workouts up about every month, however, every time I try to use another move to target lower abs, the defenition that I have while doing hanging leg raises seems to be reduced. I'm thinking I will just start doing different variations of leg raises to keep it mixed up.